John Ahern, managing director of Indaver which
is seeking new planning permission for a toxic and municipal incinerator
in Cork Harbour, did not mention (4/1/09) that Indaver’s parent
company in Belgium in 2002 exceeded its emission limit 1,800 times
over a three month period, dispersing dioxins and toxins over a wide
area and costing the Belgian authorities millions of euros.

Ahern said of the incident ‘‘Indaver
had an accidental release of dioxins from its static kiln incinerator
in Antwerp in 2002 because the burner had failed to properly dispose
of heavily-chlorinated waste, including dioxins.”

If this private developer gets planning permission
for a co-located toxic and municipal incinerator with an 85-meter
stack in the most visible site in Cork Harbour, will we assume that
he can take care of the diseased carcasses from the next foot-and-mouth
scare or the next dioxin scare?